I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or chains.
1. The charges were dealing with their law.
2. None of the charges were matters of death. There are not charges worthy of even an arrest. Paul has committed no felony.
3. The only reason he is in custody is for his protection, not because he is a criminal.
ACTS 23:29 auvtw/n … e;conta e;gklhma {A} After auvtw/n the Western text (614 2147 syrhmg) adds Mwu?se,wj kai. VIhsou/ tinoj (“of Moses and a certain Jesus”), and after e;gklhma the same witnesses...
QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW - So he understood the whole controversy to be. WORTHY OF DEATH - By the Roman law. He had been guilty of no crime against the Roman people. OR OF BONDS - Of chains, or of con...
LETTER OF CLAUDIUS LYSIAS TO FELIX. Felix is addressed as most excellent (so Luke 1:3; Acts 26:25), a title of courtesy applied to proconsuls, officers of rank, and private persons. Lysias allows hims...
THE STRATEGY OF PAUL (Acts 23:1-10)...
The commander wrote a letter to the following effect, "Claudius Lysias to his excellency Felix, the governor--greetings! When this man was seized by the Jews and when he was going to be murdered by th...
PERCEIVED. found. QUESTIONS. Greek. _zetema._ See note on Acts 15:2. TO HAVE NOTHING, &C. = as having no accusation. LAID TO HIS CHARGE. Greek. _enklema._ Only here and Acts 25:16....
_whom I perceived_[_R. V._found] _to be accused_, &c. At first he would have discovered that the outcry against St Paul had something to do with the regulations of the temple, then that there was a di...
ὋΝ ΕὟΡΟΝ ἘΓΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ, _whom I found to be accused_. At first he would have discovered that the outcry against St Paul had something to do with the regulations of the Temple, then that there was a dis...
LETTER OF CLAUDIUS LYSIAS TO FELIX....
_CLAUDIUS LYSIAS'S LETTER TO FELIX -- ACTS 23:25-35:_ Claudius Lysias wrote a letter in which he sent greetings to Felix and somewhat explained Paul's situation. He explained how that Paul was taken b...
ΕΎΡΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΈΓΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part., см._ Acts 23:28. Вспомогательное _part._ указывает на состояние или действие, в которое вовлечен человек (BAGD, 3...
g. The plot for Paul's life and his escape. Acts 23:12-30. Acts 23:12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink...
See notes on verse 23...
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have not...
28 As in the case of our Lord, witness after witness testified that Paul had done nothing deserving the bonds he endured or the death with which he was threatened. All who heard his case concurred in...
ST. PAUL SENT TO CÆESAREA 1. St. Paul often asserts his good conscience before God and man: see Acts 22:3; Acts 24:16....
ST. PAUL IS SENT TO CÆSAREA....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE *SANHEDRIN, 23:1-11 V1 Paul looked straight at the *Sanhedrin. He said, ‘My brothers, my conscience feels good about how...
ACCUSED OF QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW. — The points which probably presented themselves to the chiliarch’s mind as the result of his inquiries were — (1) that the prisoner was accused of transgressing the...
ζητημάτων, _cf._ Acts 18:14-15, “a contemptuous plural” (Page). ἔγκλημα ἔχοντα : phrase only here in N.T., _criminis reum esse, accusari_, as in classical Greek, _cf._ Thuc., i., 26; the noun occurs a...
SENT TO A ROMAN TRIBUNAL Acts 23:25 Antipatris was forty-two miles from Jerusalem. The escort and their prisoner made the forced march in a night. Next day the legionaries marched back to Jerusalem w...
By action of the Roman governor, Paul was arraigned before the Jewish Sanhedrin. Hardly had he commenced before he was interrupted and insulted. It was a most trying ordeal for the apostle. It is easi...
Paul Sent to Felix The chief captain, whose name was Claudius Lysias, immediately called two centurions to him. He commanded them to ready 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen and 200 spearmen to escort Paul to...
THE CONSPIRACY AND DELIVERANCE 11-35. That mighty vision was the secret of Paul's redoubtable courage and sanctified versatility. He knew he was to “see Rome.” God's heroes are immortal until the last...
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; (24) And pr...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 29._Whom I perceived _In this place he acquitteth Paul, so far as his judgment could reach. But let us note that a profane man speaketh. For among the people of God it is an offense worthy of no les...
Paul addresses the council with the gravity and dignity of an upright man accustomed to walk with God. It is not a testimony borne to them for their good; but the appeal of a good conscience to their...
WHOM I PERCEIVED TO BE ACCUSED OF QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW,.... As about the resurrection of the dead, and a future state, which some in the council denied, and some asserted, which with this heathen ma...
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. Ver. 29. _Questions of their law_] Which these profane heathens held to b...
_And he called two centurions_ In whom he could particularly confide; _saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers_ Thus the chief captain prudently sends Paul away to Cesarea by night, under a strong gua...
The persecution of peaceable citizens on account of their religion, of their reading the Bible, and judging of its meaning, is such an outrage as to be condemned even by heathen. When practised, it ha...
WHOM I PERCEIVED TO BE ACCUSED OF QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW, BUT TO HAVE NOTHING LAID TO HIS CHARGE WORTHY OF DEATH OR OF BONDS....
PAUL BROUGHT TO CAESAREA. The preparations for the journey:...
In this hearing the chief captain did not take the place of an adjudicator, nor was there any other judicial authority present to keep order. Paul then takes advantage of the occasion to speak earnest...
Acts 23:28-30 The commander had not learned why the Jews hated him so but had learned this much, he had committed no crime deserving of death or imprisonment....
25-35 God has instruments for every work. The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants. Even the men of the world can discern bet...
According to the Roman laws, or imperial constitutions. That he undervalued the great things in question concerning our blessed Saviour's death and resurrection, and the whole gospel, it is not to be...
Acts 23:29 out G2147 (G5627) he G3739 accused G1458 (G5746) concerning G4012 questions G2213 their G846 law...
“And desiring to know the cause for which they accused him, I brought him down to their council, whom I found to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy...
PAUL IN THE HANDS OF THE ‘MOST EXCELLENT' FELIX (23:25-35). The ‘most excellent' Felix, to whom Paul was being taken, was a freedman who had been appointed as procurator, a most unusual situation. Pro...
Acts 23:29. WHOM I PERCEIVED TO BE ACCUSED OF QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW, BUT TO HAVE NOTHING LAID TO HIS CHARGE WORTHY OF DEATH OR OF BONDS. Death the highest, and bonds the lowest penalty of the law. Th...
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF THEIR LAW (περ ζητηματα του νομου αυτων). The very distinction drawn by Gallio in Corinth (Acts 18:14). On the word see on Acts 15:2.BUT TO HAVE NOTHING LAID TO HIS CHARGE W...
CONTENTS: Paul before the Sanhedrin. The conspiracy to kill Paul and its defeat. Paul sent to Felix. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, Pharisees, Sadduces, Paul's sister's son, centurion, chief...
Acts 23:2. _Smite him on the mouth._ Ananias the highpriest commanded this, when he heard Paul profess a good conscience, and determined to persevere in preaching Christ. So Ahab commanded Micaiah to...
THEN THE COMMANDER WROTE A LETTER. Roman law said that when a prisoner was sent up the chain of command, a letter had to go along giving the charges against him. CLAUDIUS LYSIAS is the Roman commander...
_So the chief captain then let the young man depart._ VARIED DUTIES I. Paul’s nephew could do nothing. He was therefore told to hold his tongue--a very necessary duty sometimes. There is a time to sp...
_And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul._ Paul in the castle at Jerusalem On two other occasions a special Divine encouragement was given to Paul similar to t...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 23:23. TWO.—Not one or two (Howson), but _some_ or certain _two—i.e._, two or three (Hackett) of the centurions. Compare “some two of the disciples” (Luke 7:19). SOLDIERS.—Heav...
EXPOSITION ACTS 23:1 _Looking steadfastly on _for _earnestly beholding, _A.V.; _brethren _for _men and brethren, _A.V._; I have lived before God, _etc., for _I have lived, _etc., _before God, _A.V. L...
And so Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day (Acts 23:1). Paul was indeed a remarkable man. As Paul is writing to...
Acts 25:11; Acts 25:25; Acts 25:7; Acts 25:8; Acts 26:31;...
Questions. See on ch. Acts 14:2. Nothing - worthy of death or of bonds. Every Roman magistrate before whom the apostle is brought declares him innocent....